TPM Episode 456: Simon Hillis, Pro Skier
The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast
Release Date: 10/27/2025
TPM Episode 471: WSM Tradeshow
The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast
Winter Sports Market, aka WSM, is the only show that resembles what SIA once was. It has all the brands, all the new products, all the in-house staff, all the reps, and all the dealers. As far as industry building and culture building events, outside of movie premiers, this is all skiing has. I went down to SLC to cover the event and detail my trade show experience and along the way I chat with folks like Mike Hattrup, Ted Ligety, Cassie Able, Griffin Post, Jonny Moseley, Alex O’Brien and some other incredible industry legends and insiders. WSM Show Notes: 4:00:...
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TPM Episode 470: Kaya Turski, Pro Skier, Pro Rollerblader
The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast
Kaya Turski grew up in Montreal and was the little rollerblader who was blowing everyone’s collective minds. While Kaya went ASA Pro at 14, she was known for being a gnarly street skater. One of the best women to ever do it. But the bottom dropped out of skating, Kaya decided to give skiing a try and within a year, she was standing on her first X-Games podium in a sport that wasn’t her original calling. From there, Kaya went on to dominate competition skiing. Think 8 X Games Golds, 5 AFP Titles and so many more victories to boot. But her story is not all sunshine, the years of abuse...
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TPM Episode 469: Cody Cirillo, Pro Skier, Creative Director
The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast
Cody Cirillo started his ski career competing on the AFP pro circuit, but huge podiums weren’t in Cody’s future, graduating from USC magna cum laude all while transitioning his pro ski career from contests to adventure, was the path for Cody. And for the next decade, he's managed to pump out annual ski content, personal project style, while holding down a desk job as a creative director, these days for his longtime sponsor, Faction skis. On the podcast, we talk about Cody’s Mongolia film project “150 Hours From Home” (it drops free online today) and Bobby Brown asks the Inappropriate...
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TPM Episode 468: Nick Goepper, Pro Skier, 3x Olympic Medalist, Part 3
The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast
Nick Goepper has 2 Olympic Silver and 1 Olympic Bronze in his closet and this year, in a totally new discipline, Nick is aiming to take his first gold medal home at the Milan Cortina Olympic Games. What’s crazy is that 3 years ago, when Nick came out of retirement and told the world he was gunning for halfpipe gold, a lot of us thought it was a publicity stunt. But Nick knew exactly what he was doing and now, he’s one of the front runners for gold. Nick’s whole life has been an underdog story and time and again and time and again and time and again and now a 4th time and again,...
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TPM Episode 467: Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Pro Skier, Part 2
The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast
Sage Cattabriga-Alosa is a legend in the world of snow. This former dish dog at the Alta Peruvian, doubled Chad’s Gap and kick-started his 20+ year pro ski career. We’ve done that podcast. This week, Sage and I catch up after 8 years and talk personal projects, career reflection, and how he’s skiing better than ever in the big mountains. Sage is full of his signature stoke and Angel Collinson asks the inappropriate questions. Sage Cattabriga-Alosa Show Notes: 4:00: Hobby Man, injuries, changing ski media, personal projects, and mountaineering 21:00: : All of the flavor of...
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TPM Episode 466: Angel Collinson, Pro Skier-Part 2
The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast
Angel Collinson kicks off season 10 of the podcast and it’s a good one. When Angel was last on the show, she was coming off a “Line of the Year” season and was on the top of the ski world. What I, and a lot of people didn’t realize, was that Angel wasn’t as passionate about skiing as the world thought she was. Eventually burnout got the best of her and Angel shocked the ski world when she retired in her prime and sailed off into the sunset. We talk about it all and her brother, another incredible athlete and human, John Collinson, asks the Inappropriate Questions. Angel...
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TPM Episode 465: Sid Pattison, Everest Guide, Owner of North Cascade Heli
The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast
Sid Pattison is a heli ski guide, an Everest veteran, and an all around badass, but what makes Sid different is who he is. Sid has the rare combination of a magnetic personality that lights up any situation, along with the ability to connect with every person he comes across, from the janitor to the CEO. These unique human skills, combined with his beast-like ability in the field, has created a fast lane in life that’s allowed Sid to leapfrog past more accomplished peers. He’s skipped some traditional steps on his way to things like guiding Everest, to his upcoming buy into...
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TPM Episode 464: Seattle to Jackson Hole
The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast
Seattle and Jackson Hole are the focus of this different Christmas episode. In Seattle, I checked out “The Common Line” snowboard event (which was incredible!!) and I talked to a few legends who stand sideways. After that, I caught up with skier and recent avalanche survivor, Adam U, before he played a punk rock show with his band Krontonamo. A couple days later, I traveled to Jackson Hole with the Outside Life crew to emcee an event and while I was there, I caught up with some more forward-facing legends. It’s a different episode that I think you’ll like. Seattle to...
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TPM Episode 463: Andrew Pollard, Pro Skier, DJ, Artist
The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast
Andrew Pollard is one of those kids that grew up at Alta and had the mountain as his babysitter/playground. And while it took Andrew a little longer to become a name in the ski industry--compared to his pro skier friends and classmates, Andrew eventually made it to the top. But what's different and cool about Andrew's story is that he's not just a skier; he’s also, an artist, a DJ, freeride coach, and in the podcast, he has no filter. All of this makes for a fun episode and Andrew’s little sister Jackie asks the Inappropriate Questions. Andrew Pollard Show Notes: 4:00:...
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TPM Episode 462: George Couperthwait, Ski Industry Legend
The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast
George Couperthwait is one of those guys that everyone in skiing knows, likes, and respects. He's a visionary, who's ski industry life started in a van: going shop to shop, demo to demo, race to race...and he worked his way all the way up to the top of skiing With over 30 years working with brands like Rossignol and Stockli, George has taken his passion for sport and his love of product and weaved that into a world of building relationships and brands. It's an interesting peek behind the curtain with the brains behind the XXX and so much more. George Couperthwait Show Notes: 4:00:...
info_outlineSimon Hillis is the best Indonesian skier to ever slide on snow and has been sponsored since he was 4 years old. While both of those things are crazy to think about, Simon also had his first cover at 7, he’s never paid for anything ski-wise, and while skiing isn’t totally paying his bills these days, they have over the past 20 plus years of his sponsored skier career. From winning contests to filming with Warren Miller and TGR, Simon is where he is because of his insane talent that he developed at Red Mountain, not marketing or flashiness.
Simon Hillis Show Notes:
4:00: Marko Shapiro, sponsored at 4, his recent cover shot, the pressure of being the best Indonesian skier ever born, Red Mountain, video inspiration, a bad Pettit comparison
19:00: Therm-ic Heated Socks: The branded that invented Heated Socks
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22:00: Ski programs, school, Dane Tudor, competing, Warren Miller,
37:00: Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.
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39:00: Quicksilver Young Guns, post pandemic season, TGR, Alaska, and sponsors
53:00: Inappropriate Questions